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Theodota of Nicaea
martyr at Nicaea, mother of three martyred sons
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 2 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Nicaea, also in Bithynia, the passion of Saint Theodota with her sons Evodius, Hermogenes and Callistus.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 2 September as a martyr at Nicaea in Bithynia who suffered with her sons Evodius, Hermogenes and Callistus.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.